Abstract
We study the impact of partitioning client-side fiber cross-connects on the blocking performance of colorless, non-directional ROADM based dynamic optical networks. Simulations show that smaller fiber cross-connects (16×16, 48×48) can achieve low blocking.
© 2012 Optical Society of America
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